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Easy there fella, I have social skills, thanks :p In fact I ask peoples' permission to take their photo all the time in my job. Just that, a I said, this large and fast-moving group felt slightly out of my comfort zone so as it wasn't strictly necessary to ask permission, I didn't. But next...

You'd have been more colourful with your response than calling me a "f*^&ing P**** perv"? What would you have said?! :eek:

Appreciate the new comments about this, and I agree with all the remarks that I got too close, spent too long and should ideally have asked if they were cool with it. Just to be clear, I stopped taking photos as soon as I was asked (/yelled abuse at). And I would have asked for permission if...

I read that original post from Laurence Kim a short while ago, and it certainly is food for thought. I'm at the point now where I like to *think* I have the portfolio, equipment, contacts and motivation to consider pursuing photography virtually fulltime, and I have a fair bit of commercial...

Part of me feels the same. I mean, it's not like these skaters asked everyone on the street if it was cool for them to take over a huge area to skate in. I don't expect them to grovel for permission - neither should I have to. It feels a little bit like "What you lookin' at?" mentality to get...

lensflair, thank you very much - you're totally right, your suggested approach sounds SO much better than mine was. Very helpful indeed. Yes, I was really intensely focused on taking photographs and not spending a huge amount of time just watching with the camera packed (as I didn't want to...

Fair point, hadn't thought of it quite like that. My assumption was that anybody skating in public, which entails falling on your arse regularly in front of endless passing tourists, wouldn't be so sensitive. It wasn't like I was taking photos of people dining al fresco, or something! But...

Thanks ding76uk - I didn't come here just to vent, I really wanted to hear perspectives from all different sides. Even though the skaters who spoke to me today were unnecessarily rude, I appreciate that they may have felt uncomfortable with someone getting a little closer than the average...

This is the thing - I thought they'd be cool with it in particular as there was very little age difference. They were mostly in their 20s, I'm early 30s but regularly mistaken for mid-20s. However, I'm a tad geeky looking and speccy - this never helps, in my experience. I'd be surprised if a...

I like wetransfer.com, especially for professional use because it's minimal and tasteful ie.no trashy/NSFW ads, no waiting times etc.

Hi, So I'm used to constantly being made to feel like a weirdo, an annoyance or a criminal, whenever I'm taking photos. And today was one of those occasions. There's a large (~20), ever-shifting group of skateboarders doing their thing by the side of a busy public street in a VERY touristy...